Forgotten password for Access

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Al

My daughter password protected a file on Access and forgot the password.
Now, all of Access is password protected and I can not open any databases.
Is there a way to get rid of this password. I have tried to uninstall and
reload the program with no cahnge.
 
K

Keith Wilby

Al said:
My daughter password protected a file on Access and forgot the password.
Now, all of Access is password protected and I can not open any databases.
Is there a way to get rid of this password. I have tried to uninstall and
reload the program with no cahnge.
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Your daughter may have modified the default security file. Try this: with
Access closed, search for and rename "system.mdw" on the drive where Office
is installed. This file is required for Access to start and will re-create
it if it can't find it. This may not get you into your daughter's protected
file but it should allow you into unprotected and new ones.

Keith.
www.keithwilby.com
 
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